Good design is important to good architecture. Pairing the vision with compelling visualization, however, will carry the message such a lot further. The annual Render of the Year Award seeks to spotlight the simplest practitioners and students in their craft.

The 2020 Award Jury was composed of industry veterans, including Anne-Marie Armstrong (Founder, AAmp Studio); Deborah Berke (Partner, Deborah Berke Partners); Alice Britton (Cofounder, Squint / Opera); Keely Colcleugh (Founder, Kilograph); Ivi Diamantopoulou (Cofounder, New Affiliates); Peter Guthrie (Founder, The Boundary); Alex Hogrefe (Partner, Visualizing Architecture Design Distill); Catherine Huang (Partner, Bjarke Ingels Group); Juan Rico (Cofounder, Methanoia); George Yabu + Glenn Pushelberg (Founders, Yabu Pushelberg).

Here are this year’s winners and honorable mentions.

OVERALL WINNER

Winner: Winery in Alentejo by Jacinto Monteiro (cover image)

Winner: Winery in Alentejo by Jacinto Monteiro (cover image)

OVERALL WINNER, Honorable Mention: Saudade by Atelier Poem, Roman Joliy & Alice Cecchini
OVERALL WINNER, Honorable Mention: Raft Island by ​Alaina Temple & Daniel Temple (Notion Workshop), also won another honorable mention in the EXTERIOR AWARD category

 

Further Honorable Mentions: Platform for Imagined Ruins by Albert Orozco (see below as winner of the Young Designer Award category and another honorable mention in the Interior Award bracket)

YOUNG DESIGNER AWARD

 

​YOUNG DESIGNER AWARD, Winner: Platform for Imagined Ruins by Albert Orozco, also won honorable mentions in OVERALL WINNER and INTERIOR AWARD
​YOUNG DESIGNER AWARD, Honorable Mention: The Tipping Point by Enzo Pasqua
​YOUNG DESIGNER AWARD, Honorable Mention: Flooding as Commons: A Symbiotic, Reactionary Masterplan forEstuarial Living by Yip Siu
​YOUNG DESIGNER AWARD, Honorable Mention: The Hyperbolic Time Temple by ​Gianluca Sorteni & Giovanni Toselli

 

UNDERGRADUATE AWARD

 

​UNDERGRADUATE AWARD, Winner: Wrapped Tiananmen by Zhou Zhiheng
​UNDERGRADUATE AWARD, Honorable Mention: A Wood Cabin by A. Rabito by Giovanni Battista Croce
​UNDERGRADUATE AWARD, Honorable Mention: Heartbeat Gallery by Simone Andreatta
​UNDERGRADUATE AWARD, Honorable Mention: Old Futurism by Giovanni Battista Croce

 

INTERIOR AWARD

 

​INTERIOR AWARD​, Winner: Education Station: The Village by Michele De Lucchi (Amdl Circle) & Filippo Bolognese
​INTERIOR AWARD​, Honorable Mention: Education Station: The Tower by ​Michele De Lucchi (Amdl Circle) & Filippo Bolognese
​INTERIOR AWARD​, Honorable Mention: Renewed Palimpsest by Tae Hyung Lee & Ryan Henriksen

 

Further Honorable Mentions: Platform for Imagined Ruins by Albert Orozco (see above as winner of the Young Designer Award category and another honorable mention in the Overall Winner section)

EXTERIOR AWARD

 

​EXTERIOR AWARD​, Winner: Archive of Memories by Nicolò Garonzi
​EXTERIOR AWARD​, Honorable Mention: Sunday Afternoon by Daniel Markiewicz & Miroslava Brooks (FORMA Architects PLLC)

 

Further Honorable Mentions: 

  • Winery in Alentejo by Jacinto Monteiro, also the winner of the OVERALL WINNER category
  • Raft Island by Alaina Temple & Daniel Temple (Notion Workshop), also won another honorable mention in the OVERALL WINNER category

Check out the Director’s Choice picks in the image gallery below.

Which of the winning renderings is your personal favorite? Let us know in the comment section below.

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